Church or chapel · 1443
Äksi Church
Äksi parish is first recorded in 1443, and several wooden churches on this spot were lost in wars. The present church probably dates from 1770, with its oldest parts from around 1500, and was rebuilt in neo-Gothic style in 1887–1889 by Reinhold Guleke. Remarkable men served here: August Wilhelm Hupel, the Enlightenment chronicler of Livonia; Otto Wilhelm Masing, pastor in 1815–1832, who has a memorial stone in the churchyard; and Franz von Ackermann, the first translator of Goethe into Estonian. The altarpiece is by Julie Hagen-Schwarz.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Äksi kihelkonda mainitakse esmakordselt 1443. aastal ning mitu siin seisnud puukirikut hävisid sõdades. Praegune kirik pärineb arvatavasti 1770. aastast, vanimad osad umbes 1500. aastast, ja see ehitati 1887–1889 Reinhold Guleke projekti järgi uusgooti stiilis ümber. Siin on teeninud tähelepanuväärseid mehi: valgustusajastu Liivimaa kroonik August Wilhelm Hupel, 1815–1832 pastoriks olnud Otto Wilhelm Masing, kellele on kirikaias mälestuskivi, ning esimene Goethe eesti keelde tõlkija Franz von Ackermann. Altarimaali maalis Julie Hagen-Schwarz.